Alligator sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Species: Alligator sinensis

Name

Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879

Type locality: "Chinkiang" [=Zhenjiang], Kiangsu Province, People's Republic of China; reported as "Wuhu, Anhwei" Province, by Pope 1935, Nat. Hist. Cent. Asia, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 10:65

Holotype: MNHN 6494

Synonyms

Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879
Caigator sinensis — Deraniyagala, 1947
Alligator sinensis — Wermuth & Fuchs, 1979
Alligator sinensis — Wu et al., 2001

References

Fauvel, A.A. 1879. Alligators in China: Their History, Description and Identification. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (Shanghai), N.S. 13: 1–36. View online
Alligator sinensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
IUCN: Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879 (Critically Endangered)
Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: China-Alligator
English: Chinese alligator
español: Aligator de China
français: Alligator de Chine
magyar: Kínai aligátor
日本語: ヨウスコウアリゲーター, ヨウスコウワニ
polski: Aligator chiński
português: Aligator-chinês, Jacaré-chinês
русский: Китайский аллигатор
ไทย: แอลลิเกเตอร์จีน, จระเข้ตีนเป็ดจีน
中文: 扬子鳄, 鼍

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